Polarise and Macquarie announce up to €117 million financing deal for European AI ambitions

Polarise. GmbH (“Polarise”), a leading NVIDIA Cloud Partner, and Macquarie Group (Macquarie), have announced a strategic financing partnership for up to €117 million.

The funding, provided by Macquarie’s Specialised and Asset Finance division within the Commodities and Global Markets business, will support the fit-out of Polarise’s AI data centre (“AI Factory”) in Munich, Germany, and broader AI data centre and GPU development projects throughout Germany and the rest of Europe.

As a leading specialist in the construction of AI Factories, Polarise is playing a central role in setting up the specialized AI infrastructure for the new industrial cloud platform in Germany, with the AI Factory in Munich serving as the heart of the initiative.

Macquarie's tailored financing enables Polarise to proceed with the expansion of the AI Factory as planned and deliver the infrastructure in time for the planned launch in early 2026.

Michel Boutouil, CEO of Polarise, said: "This financing is pivotal in helping us realise our vision to support Germany’s AI-driven industrial transformation and building the backbone of Europe’s AI ambitions. Macquarie’s ability to execute within an extremely short timeframe, combined with their deep understanding of the AI and data centre sector, has been instrumental in making this project possible. The Munich AI data centre will set a new benchmark for reliability, scalability, and sustainability for our customers."

Tom McDonell, Associate Director in Macquarie’s Specialised and Asset Finance division, said: “We are proud to partner with Polarise in supporting this groundbreaking project and have been thoroughly impressed by their deep HPC expertise. This partnership reflects our shared commitment to innovation and advancing transformative technologies in the AI infrastructure sector.”

Macquarie’s Specialised and Asset Finance division brings deep expertise in structuring bespoke financing solutions for AI and HPC infrastructure projects globally.